Know of anybody in the Raleigh/Durham area or Wake Forest or Creedmoor who does good work? Lemme know.

12/4/2008 10:59:26 AM

Added to my topics.
I'm also curious.

12/4/2008 11:34:43 AM

back to the motherfucking top

12/6/2008 6:31:13 PM

a friend of ours rented a sander that was the size of a floor buffer to sand some pine floors made out of lumber we sawed for him. If you want to go the do it yourself route, I'm sure you could handle it.

12/7/2008 12:51:48 AM

doing it yourself is pretty risky, in all honesty. you need to make sure you have enough thickness in your wood to adequately provide you with a margin of error for mess ups.

How old is your house? How many times do you supposed the floors have been refinished to begin with? If you don't know the answer to the second question, then i would go with a professional, IMO. Professionals can do the refinishing with much less wood removed and this can provide you space an opportunity to do it again, should you stay in the house that long. also if you only have a half inch or less between the top layer of wood and the split of the wood (where the notches are that connects the two pieces together then doing it yourself would be ill advised.

12/7/2008 12:59:05 PM

DO NOT DO THIS YOURSELF

because you will fuck it up

you have to keep the sander moving at all times to avoid gouging the floor

this is one of those things that you need to leave to a professional

12/7/2008 1:06:47 PM

It is definitely something you can do yourself

My mother has refinished floors.

12/7/2008 1:24:00 PM

a drum stander is a pain to use without gouging, newer styles are random orbit. Dust is also a huge concern. I would look for someone with a random orbit style sander with an extensive external dust collection system. the cloth bags catch the big particles but that's about all.

you may get by with a strip and re wax instead of a full out sanding and recoating.

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 1:25 PM. Reason : drum sanders are the devil]

12/7/2008 1:24:50 PM

Quote :

"It is definitely something you can do yourself My mother has refinished floors."

does you mother want a cookie?

after going though the work of installing several floors, it is a situation where it is worth it to have someone sand that has the right equipment and experience

maybe if you dont have a week of work in 2000 sq. ft. of oak flooring, it is ok if you fuck it up

12/7/2008 1:27:28 PM

I'm just saying your OMG YOU SHOULDNT EVER!! DO THIS! Leave it to professionals!!1!11one statement is chock full of shit.

If a woman with no experience can successfully refinish hardwood floors with no help, and do it well, then I'm inclined to say that this 'omg you're gonna fuck up your floors if you do it yourself!' sentiment is waaaaaaaaaaaay off base.

But what do I know? This is only a worthless anecdote.

12/7/2008 1:31:51 PM

and im saying that one wrong move with certain equipment will destroy the floor

do you know what a pain in the ass it is to replace tongue and groove boards after a floor is installed?

hell, if you mom did it, why dont you just rent the equipment and go do it

hell, zxappeal is one of the handiest guys on this site and he is looking for someone to do it...that should tell you something

maybe my post was a little extreme, but i just dont want to see anyone ruin their floor because they got in over their head

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 1:37 PM. Reason : 

12/7/2008 1:34:28 PM

The owner is my neighbor and I am a customer. They do great work.

http://www.sedarishardwoodfloors.com/

12/7/2008 2:00:20 PM

Quote :

"and im saying that one wrong move with certain equipment will destroy the floor"

I know this.
With one wrong move, you can chop off a finger in the kitchen. Better cook at home, kids

And for the love of god, don't drive. Ever. One mistake, and you could end up flying off a bridge.


I'm not saying that DIYing this one is the best choice for everyone. What I'm saying is that a blanket 'DO NOT EVER!!! do this yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' statement is bull.

Do you know why zxappeal is looking for someone to do hardwoods in the area? I thought he was living out in BFE (i could be wrong). Do you know this is for his place?

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 2:18 PM. Reason : ^thanksk for the rec]

12/7/2008 2:18:13 PM

^^and you can say that the rooster refinished your floors.

http://www.youcantkilltherooster.com/stories.php?story=10&disp=f

and just because this story is so awesome, the full thing:
http://www.imeem.com/logovo/music/Tu28neng/david_sedaris_you_cant_kill_the_rooster/

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 2:41 PM. Reason : .]

12/7/2008 2:37:24 PM

Quote :

"I'm not saying that DIYing this one is the best choice for everyone. What I'm saying is that a blanket 'DO NOT EVER!!! do this yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' statement is bull."

and i said this you cunt

Quote :

"maybe my post was a little extreme, but i just dont want to see anyone ruin their floor because they got in over their head"

read: you are right

jesus christ

12/7/2008 3:17:08 PM

jesus christ, ambrosia is all over the place, must be her time of the month forever.

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

12/7/2008 3:38:33 PM

Quote :

"If a woman with no experience can successfully refinish hardwood floors with no help, and do it well, then I'm inclined to say that this 'omg you're gonna fuck up your floors if you do it yourself!' sentiment is waaaaaaaaaaaay off base. But what do I know? This is only a worthless anecdote."

maybe your standards of quality are a little less. i have two sets of friends who have done their floors themselves and i also was recently touring a home in my neighborhood that has been renovated and the owner did the floors themselves. I can always tell when someone who wasn't experienced did the floors rather than someone who is. usually because if you look at the floors in the light and at an angle you can see that the floors are undulated. no trouble may result from this the first time around but if they get done by a DIYer again it can be even more pronounced.

12/9/2008 4:27:20 PM

If you do it yourself your house will cave in.

I have heard of professionals doing poor jobs that had to be refinished. Regardless of who does the work make sure you carefully inspect it like you would a freshly painted car. All angles, up close, with light reflecting off the surface and without.

12/9/2008 4:34:04 PM